HW: Remaster everything on the Atomhenge Label

[John Majka]

Hmmm quite an odd minority opinion about the One Way issues of the early 
albums, I'd say.  They were all mastered from vinyl, complete with pops and 
cracks.  My opinion is probably the same as that of most people, which is 
that they sounded terrible.  The Repertoire editions sounded somewhat 
better, but then I think that the EMI remasters were a revelation.  They 
sound as if ten layers of mud were removed from the master tapes, revealing 
the music in all its glory.
John Majka


>I don't know if anyone considers this blasphemy, but I recently re-listened 
>to the old One Way and EMI discs and (admittedly without attempting any 
>sort of double blind scientific comparison) I once again acme away with a 
>very strong impression of liking the One Way releases better....
>
> I think it might be that the sound of the OW releases is softer - the EMI 
> discs have a harsher, more brittle tone that sets my teeth on edge.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at CARLAZ.COM>
> Date: Friday, Aug 8, 2008 8:41 am
> Subject: Re: HW: Remaster everything on the Atomhenge Label
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> On 08 Aug 2008, at 04:08 , Steve Freight wrote:
> I think I read somewhere that EMI own the recordings up to Warrior
> (there
> was some dispute when this was released outside of the EMI stable)
>
>
> Yes, it's been my understanding, too, that EMI don't own the Warrior
> rights.  I'm sure they would have given it the surprisingly lavish
> treatment their other albums got if they had owned it.  I can't now
> remember the details surrounding the rights for it -- though
> obviously Griffen got ahold of them at some point!
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
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